Thanks Blue Jay. I figured #1 is correct and #2 is not but how can I explain to my friend that #2 is incorrect? You can have "It brought." For example, "It brought me luck." What can I do to correct #2 without having "It has been brought..."
Aside from being ungrammatical, #2 is wrong because the passive voice is needed for the sentence to make sense. To bring something to someone’s attention is to make someone aware of something. The placeholder it can’t do this; only a person can: It has been brought to my attention (by someone) that the office chair is broken, i.e., Someone told me that the office chair is broken.
It brought me luck. Here itis something, perhaps a lucky charm. It brought my attention that the office chair is broken.Itisn't anything here. You could say He brought to